Japan extends additional USD 32.5 mln USD to Support Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities
DHAKA, Feb. 26 (NsNewsWire) — On February 7, the Government of Japan decided to extend approximately USD 32.5 million as additional new money to support the Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities in Cox’s Bazar. Since the massive influx of refugees into Bangladesh in August 2017, the Government of Japan had granted approximately USD 50.2 million to International organizations. Adding this additional support, the total amount of assistance
has reached a total of approximately USD 82.7 million.
The Government of Japan will extend the humanitarian assistance for the
Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities in Cox’s Bazar through site management of
refugee camps, providing food, shelter, medical services and trainings, and WASH
facilities and forest regeneration through the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations International Children’s
Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
(UNWomen), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO),
the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Global Partnership for
Education (GPE), the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, also known in English as Doctors
Without Borders ). Press Release